Hackback in black
Imagine that a random car is periodically driving across your front yard, leaving tire treads and gouges on your otherwise pristine lawn. How would you handle i…
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So What the Hell Is Doxxing?
"For some, doxxing is morally troubling. Law professor Danielle Citron is one. “It provides a permission structure to go outside the law and punish each ot…
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Trump's Twitter lockout raises safeguard concerns
"Jennifer Granick, a lawyer with the ACLU’s technology division, said that abuses of power will become unavoidable if companies continue to face pressure t…
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15 Things We Learned From the Tech Giants at the Senate Hearings
"“Russia Today qualified, really because of algorithms, to participate in an advertising program. There are objective standards around popularity to be abl…
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Russian ads, now publicly released, show sophistication of influence campaign
"Technology lawyer Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford University Center for Internet and Society, said that in turning over the ads, compan…
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How Russian Trolls Used Silicon Valley’s Influence to Create Divisions
"“I am worried that disinformation disrupts democracy,” said Malkia Cyril, founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice in Oakland. “This…
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Info Wars: Inside the Left’s Online Efforts to Out White Supremacists
"It would be hard to introduce a single federal law against doxxing, says Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of “Hat…
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Tool Without A Handle: Taking Space Seriously
As I’ve been writing about networked information technologies as “tools,” it’s worth reiterating that metaphors of space are not entirely without value, includi…
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Amazon’s Latest Way Into Your Life Is Through the Front Door
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in legal issues related to technology, said Amazon’s new service relies on the…
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What Does the FBI's New 'Black Identity Extremist' Label Really Mean to Black Organizing?
Malkia Cyril is the founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice, an organization best known for its leadership in the fight for net neutralit…
Is it time for a Cyber Peace Corps?
Hackers around the world are attacking targets as diverse as North Dakota’s state government, the Ukrainian postal service and a hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.…
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New Study Casts Doubt On Effectiveness Of Police Body Cameras. But Is That Fair?
"“What is the public actually getting for its money?” asked Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, a firm that works on technology policy issues. “Are body came…